HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - A full-sized test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft will be in Huntsville later this month so the public in the Rocket City can see the vehicle that will take astronauts back into deep space.

The Orion capsule is part of NASA's Space Launch System, and Huntsville's Marshall Space Flight Center is leading development of the heavy-lift booster phase of that system. Program officials, engineers, astronauts and NASA spokespeople will be available at the space center to discuss the program with the public.

The full-scale test vehicle was used to test the launch-abort escape system in 2010. It is en route to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will stop in Dallas and Oklahoma City as well as Huntsville along the way.